ooooooooh, i'm so excited!!! i had this in my head for a while but i had to wait until tonight to play with it. the trend these days is to incorporate fabric and felt into our crafts. here's my first attempt at a felt flower:
this flower literally took 3 minutes to make (i timed myself!). using the Flower Layers Originals Die for the Big Shot, i cut through 2 layers of pink felt giving me 8 pieces to play with. here, i've used only 6 layers because i wanted the brad to grab all of them.
after i installed the Rhinestone brad in the middle, i put my flower on a heat-resistant surface and heated it with the heat tool. i used the paper piercer to hold it in place while i heated it. this was my fist attempt and i realized that you need to be very careful when you heat it because if you put too much direct heat in one spot, it creates holes. the cool thing about the flower is that it becomes rigid after heated to it retains its shape! obviously, you need felt made with polyester -- i don't think it would work with wool felt although it needs to be tested.
i have tons of ideas with these little flowers and i will experiment all week long -- i can see hours of fun with this and with different dies.
ooooooh, the fun that lays ahead of me!!!
on a different note, i will announce the name of the winner of my blog candy tomorrow... i just haven't had the chance to breathe since i've been back so i just dealt with what was urgent.
until tomorrow, CeeCee
